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Frank Pantridge MC : Japanese Prisoner of War and Inventor of the Portable Defibrillator by Cecil Lowry (2021, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-101526777339
ISBN-139781526777331
eBay Product ID (ePID)9038408276
Product Key Features
Book TitleFrank Pantridge Mc : Japanese Prisoner of War and Inventor of the Portable Defibrillator
Number of PagesXvii, 154 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Asia / Japan, Asia / General, Inventions, Historical, Military
Publication Year2021
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorCecil Lowry
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal616.120092
SynopsisCountless thousands of men and women around the world have good reason to be thankful that Frank Partridge survived three and a half years of brutal Japanese captivity. Had he not, they too probability would have died too.This stirring biography reveals the full story of a remarkable man who survived against the odds to save countless lives., This stirring biography reveals the full story of a remarkable man who survived against the odds to save countless lives. Countless thousands of men and women around the world have good reason to be thankful that Frank Partridge survived three and a half years of brutal Japanese captivity. Had he not, they too would in all probability have died too.Taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore in February 1942, Frank was forced to endure appalling deprivation. Conditions on the Burma railway were notorious and the death rate was horrendous.On returning to Belfast in late 1945 Frank specialized in heart diseases. Convinced that the prompt application of electric shock after cardiac arrest could save lives he reasoned that ventricular defibrillation should be applied not just in hospitals but in the workplace, the home, the street or ambulance.His first 'portable' defibrillator was produced in 1965 and over the intervening years evolved into the compact units so prevalent today. The importance of Partridge's invention was well demonstrated when US President Lyndon B Johnston's life was saved in 1972.This stirring biography reveals the full story of a remarkable man who survived against the odds to save countless lives.
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